Card-registering machine



April 14, 1925.

c. w. DIBBLE ET AL CARD REGISTERING MACHINE Original Filed Sept. 27,1920 Patented Apr. 14,. 1925.

CARSDREGISTERING; MAGHINLEI;

Applicatie1ed.lSeptember: 2.7,-, 1320; Ser-i111 .Nml $13,055:... RenewedyMarch d2; 19255 r T 0 all` coito/na ,it may. Concern,

Ile itlmoxvn that ive, .GARRonL 'Nehmen Dini-:Lnand: MARION. PHILLIPS,citizensot" the l United. States: of America. and residents State ofOregon, have invented..certainnew and :useful Improvementsin..Gard.-Registei-r ing Machines, of WhichV thefollowingv4 is a.;

specification, reference being, hadtothe arccompanying` drawing;-`

Our invention. relates to. the art ofreproducing designsupon-fl1at,surfaces7 such. :fs cards or `anels .forzexamole bvaidfof.

print-ing.. stamping, sienoili'iigg,l or any similar method ofreproduction wherein.;sub-

and it has-for its object the production of.l a machine forfacilitating, expediting',l and.

insuring accuracy of presentation` of the card or the Alike upon which4the design is intended to be displayed.

The form ofembodiment of our` invention herein illustratedis speciallyadapted fory the reproduction of a design or .picture upon a. flat,surface, as ofa.oa1'd,',lby the .ard

of a stencil.: Accuracyy ofp'fresentfation of,`

successive cards in a run "of cards. to the stencil is. one ofthe`important advantages obtained by the useof our machine. The methodv ofproducing a picture or design by the. layiiigr of color upon. colorthroughptl'io employment of different portions of the d'esign outlinedor blocked; outu-.pona single stencil plate or. upon a. successionof'stencil plates, is one well vknown mythe. arty offre.` It is to that.method that ourv production. y machine in the form of emhodimentillustrated is. especially; applicable.r In the method last referred-to,substantial accuracy f of registration between the .lines rof one sten*eiljplate ,andv another Withlreferencefto thecard upon Which'thereproduction'is to be..

effected,` is' necessary to secure the bestar# tistic effect in, thefinished pictureproduced upon th`e card. Itis one ofthe objects off ourinvention to provide a` machine for se` curing thaty accuracy ofregistration, and for securing itjivith. Igreat economy of4 time. and

labor and 'consequent `cost'of reproduction.y

In this last connection, an. important feature of our invention consistsin'substitutrthe top of the bed-plate' l..

one means 1 of alignmentof the; card, for instance, for; another meansof alignment whereby the alignment'first 4obtainedby vthe i. one meansis secured. and maintained. 'by2 the.` other means with yadvantagerinp-racticingr-,-Y certain. methods of reproduction. i

@ther` objects accomplished by our -inven-. tion will appearto. foneskilled 4finthe. avt; from. `the following specification lVhat.constitutes4 ourl invention willl be hereinafter. specified. in detail.land succinctly. setl.fortlr in f .the .app ended cla ims.

In `the .aceonuaanying4 drawingf asingle figg;

ure inisometrie perspective, ofw'hielrpontions are broken: away; tofillustrate theI reltionshipvswbsistingibettveen `its, several parts,illustratesoneof our. machines. in rformwof embodiment preferred .furthepurposes:l ofy this specification.

Referring tothe numerals f on the (.lrawing,-l l indicates .a flatsurfacedvbcol-.plate of.. any suitable. andfpreferred shape andfdi.-l

' mensions. It maybe vmade of -anysuitable material such, for example,.as` Wood; andv sti ffened,A if desired. "in suchl case,...b y i cross-rpieces 2 secured. to it.from,beneath,l and.l which I serve as supports.for the .bedepla'te' l.. The superficial area offthe. -beflpliate ,isl

bounded by accurately, preferably .rectangula'rly disposededges 3,455,and 6.5 Parallel;l l

to the edge 3, forexample, is. adsappean: in guide-member 7, .and at#right angles thereto is a disappearing guide-member S; The members 7andS are so mountedin tl'Lcv bed-plate as not tointerfere in theiropera..- tion one with another, being` sepa1.ate`d,=jfor instance, by aclear space between .their next adjacent ends as illustrated.` Themembers 7 and' 8' aredesignated by the term disapr 1: ea.ring`beoanseof.` the function performed? bytherm namely, that of presenting them-.-selves as :accurate giuide-membersA innonel phase of the operation of'the fmiachine,; and@ of retreating,y as occasion requires,substantially` soas to coincide With 'the plane of To the end lastnamed, the guide-.member 7 is preferably made of a piece of "stiffsheetmetalbent at `right angles alongY a. straight line 10 to for-m tivointegrall'yunited plates 11 and 12 Whichare substantially@ Lf-shaped in"cross section. Each of the plates 1l and 12 constitutes a true plane,and they meet.

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in the line 10 preferably in a true right angle. To one end of the plate11 is hinged, as indicated at 15, a transverse plate 1G, that issecured, as by countersunk screws 17 or other suitable means, t-o thebed-plate the accommodation of the vertical plate 2O upon theguide-member S, that corresponds to the plate 12 on the guide-member 7.The guide-member 8 being substantially identical except, it may be, inlongitudinal eX- tent with the guide-member 7, and being united in likemanner thereto to the bedplatc 1, needs no other description than 'thatwhich applies to the guide-member 7.

The free ends of the guide-members 7 and 8 are adj acent to each otheralthough preferably separated by an open space as illustrated, and, whenelevated, yas Xshown in the drawing, above the surface of the bed-plate1, said guide-inembers present, in respect to their vertical plates 12and 20, two planes that are relatively disposed to each other at a truelright angle. Consequently, whenever a rectangular sheet, as ofcardboard, for example, of suflicient dimensions to enga-ge both of themat once, is inserted between themwith its angularly disposed adjacentedges in true contact with each of them, the angle which unites thoseedges and the edges themselves will always etlect a corresponding`register with the sides 12 and 20 and the hypothetical angle of theirjunction. It is to effect this registration of a. rectangular objectlaid between them that the members 7' and S are contrived.

The fi'ee ends of the members 7 and S are kept normally elevated by anysuitable means, as, for example, by a bar springf22 that is co-inmon toboth the plates 12 and 20, and entendsl at its opposite ends intooperative enga-gement with the lower edges of each of them, beingmedially secured to and supported by the bed-plate 1, as by staples 23driven from below into the bote tom of the bed-plate, as shown in thebroken away portion of the drawing. i

ln respect to the yabovedescribed card registering mechanism as it maybe called, the machine already described constitutes an operativeentity, which we regard as4 complete in itself, but with which weprel'er to embody additional and cooperative mechanism, as hereinafterdescribed. To the `end last named, we provide above the bed-plate 1 across-bar 25 that is made longitudinally adjustable in respect to thebedplate 1, asby the aid of elongated slots 26 and 27 longitudinallydisposed therein near its opposite ends. Adjustment of the bar 25 atright angles to its longitudinal axis is also provided for, as bylongitudinal slots 29 and 30, formed, respectively', in opposite wingpieces 31 and 32 fastened to the edges 4c and 3, respectively, of thebed-plates 1, the tops of the wing pieces 31 and 32 being flush withlthe top of the bed-plate 1. Through bolts 33 and 34, respect-icely, provided each with its wing-nut 35, and passing through the slots 27 and30, and 26 and 29, at their respective crossings, serve adjustably tosecure the cross-bar 25 against the face of the bed-plate 1.

To the side of the cross-bar 25 that is toward the guide-inembers 7 andS is secured, as by suitable hinges 36 and 37, a

rectangular frame 39, having a thicknessi transverse to its openingsubstantially equal tothe thickness of the cross-bar 25 to which it ishinged. y

In consequence of the relationship between the frame 39 and thecross-bar 25 as just described, it happens that whenever the frame 39 isdepressed upon its hinges 36 and 37so that the edgesof the frame 39 andof the cross-bar 25 that k'are hinged together come into contact ornearly so, the bottom *of the frame 39 will lie parallel and in closejuxtaposition to the top of the bedplate l.

It is to secure the coo )eration between the frame 39 and the bed-plate1 last referred to that the guide-members 7 and 8 ai'e contrived tofunctionate as disappearing guide-members. That is to say, they areadapted to efface themselves under pressure of the sides of they frame39 sufficiently to permit the frame 39, `notwitl'istanding theirpresence,`to lie liatagainst the top of the bed-plate 1. Theadjustability of the crossbar 25 in respect to the bed-plate 1 isprovided in order to accommodate frames of different superlicial extentto the saine crossbar, and to render them, without respect to sizewithin definite limits, presentable to the` platesll of theguide-members 7 and 8, respectively. For this purpose the hinges 3G and37 are preferably loose-joint butts whereof halves secured to thecross-bar 25 are made to accommodate complementary members provided upona series of frames 39, of varying superficial extent if desired.. Therelative movement between the` frame 39 and the top of the bed-plate 1may be controlled by other mechanism than the 4hinges 36 and 37 if adifferent movement than that obtained from a hinge connection bedesired, but, for the purposes of this ap- CII plication, we prefertofemployi the hinge connectioni and in: such case preenalso, to

provide a tensile spring 2 extending` between a poi-nt ot connection`41?` witlr the traine 39 'and awpoint of support 42-fixed as upony theend ofi an upright 43" upon the bed-platell By this arrangement@provision ismade for keeping the frame 39"normally elevated at ant angleabove the topotthe bed-plate 11,-as shown= inthe drawing.

The Yframe 39 illustrated is provided,` in a plane substantiallycoincident with its under face, witliia screen41which is made ofpermeable reticulated material,l prefer-l ably a i'abric such, forexample, as-bolting clothof suitabie and preferredweight and texture.When al permeable screen V is used, it is employedfor thepur-poseoiapplying to it, by tracing or otherwise, thelines of a` designy inorder-'that by stopping' out certain portions of the screenlfrom otherlportions thereof, as throughlthe application of shellac, a stencil maybemade. Throughi the permeable portions'of alstencillso madepigmcnts -Vdissolved* in liquidl (oil or water' colors) may be forced against aAsurffaceas of afcard laid uponlthe top kof the bed-plate l and heldinplace thereonby a superposedf trame 39 that carries the screen 45:reproducing of designsbyk the Iaid ofisten'cils is old and welleknownin` the artL of repro-A duction to which our invention-is applicable;and ofy which one skilled inthat art will need no further description;

The frame 39, in respect to its mechanical function vonly of depressingthe Agi'iideemembers 7 and 8 and holding` a slieetfpreviously registeredby said. guide-members against the top of the bed-plate l, may be usedwithout the screen 45. Deprived of the screen 45, our machine may beemployed for registering purposes only, and so utilized for reproductionmethods such as stamping or printing in which the screen 45 isunnecessary, the sides of the frame 39 serving in b? such case, as aguide to a stamping member,

:for example.

The operation of our device may be described briefly as follows.

The normal position of the several elements of the machine is shown infull lines in the drawing, the frame 39 being elevated so as to exposeto an operator for convenient access the top of the bed-plate l, and thefree ends of the guide-frames 7 and 8 being elevated by their spring 22.y

In this position an operator, standing upon the side of the machineindicated at 4, lays a rectangular card upon top of the bedplate, andshoves it with a gentle force suHicient for the purpose into snugcontact with the faces oi.' the respective plates 12 and 20. Thus hedepresses the frame 39 upon its hinges 3G and 37 until-the bottom otkthe frame 39 meets the top of the bed-plate l or` the. cardf interposedtherebetweeni` In' its: descent; towards f they bedeplate the l frame 39i drives.: the-- freeA ends off the guide-members 7:' and; 8? againstthe top off the` bed-plate: when it engages the interposed carldfandholds-it iriml'y in the-registered' position iinparte'dtodt; by theguide-members 7 and. S* asA above specified, Aifter: it' is: solengaged.

and held'lby. the.: frame 89.tlie card s is ready to bey operated".upon? by application. of: aa liquid: pigmentiv through thea meshes ot.the screonf 45 for example, or in: any other'4 method preferred.. l

It is'here noted; thats the registering ofi the card' is rstx. effected:by aid: of the guide` members: 7 and 8 whichholdi itin place, .andi thatthereafter: those members ceaseI to daino; tiona-te and the: frame; 39"is substituted` in their-place with the additional4 function ofsecuring;` the cardy in. itsfpreviously registered4 position.'` Uponlremoval: of thecard, theoperation above described may be` repeatediVindefinitely.,`

'What we claimzisz. i

l. Inf a: device of the." class described,. the combinati on with a;rectangular: beds-plate; `ot two disappearing guide n'iembersoperative;Aly,` disposed i in` parallel: relationship,-A respectively,l tof-twoAadjacent edges of the beth plate,A ,saidrguide members each: provided.'`with` means engaging;` thel` top: o't's" theI bedplateA for liinitingrtheir downward# move'L ment, said meansbeing adaptada` to s subst-an:-tially coincide with the` plane.` oi*y the topi of'A the bed'fplate. f

\ 2. i. In a device`v of: the.i kind: descnibeth. the! oombinationzwithai rectangular, bedqilate,of;l

two disappearing; guideemembersw operatives ly disposed in parallelrelationship, respectively, to two adjacent edges of the bed-plate, eachof said guide-members consisting of two plates angularly disposedtowards each other, o-ne plate being hinged at one end to the bed-plateand the other plate working in a vertical plane in a kerf provided forit in the bed-plate.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a rectangularbed-plate, of two disappearing guide-members operatively disposed inparallel relationship, respectively, to two adjacent edges of thebedplate, cachot said guide-members consisting of two plates angularlydisposed towards each other, one plate being hinged at one end to thebed-plate and the other plate working in a vertical plane in a kerfprovided for it in the bed-plate, and means for keeping the free ends ofthe guide-members normally elevated above the top of the bedplate.

4. The combination with a device of the class described, of a bed plateprovided with a pair of guide members substantially L- shaped in crosssection and pivotally secured to the adjacent edges of said bed plate,

a cross bar adjustably mounted on said bed plate, a trame hingedlyconnected to said cross bar and adapted to be brought into contact withthe opposed sides of said guide -members, and means secured to the innerfaces ot said guide bars for normally maintaining the said bars in theraised position.

6. rlhe combination with a rectangular bed-plate, and a pair. otdisappearing guidemembers substantially L-shaped in cross sec tion andhinged at one end, respectively, to the top thereof and disposed,respectively, in parallel relationship to two adjacent sides of thebed-plate, and having their free ends v normally elevated above the topof the bedplate, of a rectangular trame, and means for hinging the saidtrame to the bed-plate.

7. The combination with a rectangular bed-plate, and a pair ofdisappearing guidernembers substantially L-shaped in cross sec-- tionand hinged at one end,respective1y, to the top thereof and disposed,respectively, in parallel relationship to two adjacent sides of thebed-plate, and having their tree ends normally elevated above the topot' the bedplate, of a rectangular frame, and adjustable means forhinging the said frame to the bedplate for the purpose speciied.

8. The combination with a rectangular bed-plate, and a pair ofdisappearing guidemembers substantially L-shaped in cross section andhinged at one end, respectively, to the top thereof and disposed,respectively, in parallel relationship to two adjacent sides of thebed-plate, and having their free ends normally elevated above the top ofthe bed- )late ot a rectangular frame movable to and from the top of thebed-plate in fixed relationship thereto, and in cooperative relationshipto the guide-members to actuate them tor the purpose described, andmeans for normally keeping` said trame separated from the top of thebed-plate.

9. The combination with a rectangular bed-plate and a pair offdisappearing guide members substantially L-shaped in cross section andhinged at one end, respectively, in parallel relationship to twoadjacent sides of the bed-plate, and having their free ends normallyyelevated above the top of the bedplate, of a rectangular trame,adjustable means for uniting said frame to the top ot the bed-plate inhinged relationship thereto, and means in connection with saidadjustable means for locating the trame in co-operativc relationship tothe guide members to actuate them for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo sub-v scribing witnesses.

CARROLL wWALLACE DIBBLE. MARION PHILLIPS.

